After reporting a 25% year-on-year revenue decline in the second quarter, STMicroelectronics has revised its sales outlook for 2024 downward for the second time.

As governments worldwide push for sovereign AI, Taiwan, a key provider of AI hardware, is rapidly expanding its AI ecosystem with the help of both public and private sectors.

The Japanese government is taking significant steps to support Rapidus in its efforts to become a global leader in semiconductor manufacturing. This includes providing financial support, developing specific policies, and potentially enacting new legislation to ensure a stable domestic semiconductor supply chain.

Texas Instruments (TI) second-quarter 2024 financial data indicates that overall demand for analog ICs was robust during the quarter.

Chinese foundries have prioritized orders from domestic customers, resulting in limited availability of fab capacity for others particularly Taiwan-based ones targeting the Chinese market, according to industry sources.

Although China is still a long way from meeting international standards in the field of semiconductor equipment, it is entirely feasible for the country to achieve technologically advanced levels within the next five to 10 years, according to Gerald Yin, CEO of China's leading semiconductor equipment maker Advanced Micro-fabrication Equipment (AMEC).

The semiconductor industry, traditionally operating at the nanometer scale, is now pushing the boundary toward the even tinier "angstrom" scale (one-tenth of a nanometer) with an innovative team at Taiwan's National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) having crafted self-assembled equipment to achieve this unprecedented precision.

In a forum hosted by the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) in Keiju, KCCI Chairman and SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won told participants that Nvidia's dominance in the AI business is unlikely to be shaken in 2-3 years. Still, the Silicon Valley company may face a round of challenges after the period as companies have yet to find profitable business models for artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. Some uncertainties might challenge Nvidia's leadership status.

According to data from the Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry, from April 2021 to June 2024, there have been 100 new semiconductor-related investments announced or reported, covering areas such as semiconductor materials and logistics. Among these, TSMC's investment in Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu, stands out as the largest.

A high official of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has recently urged Mexico to significantly increase investment in its semiconductor industry over the next two years to maintain its competitiveness against neighboring countries for the US' nearshoring opportunities.

Nexchip is expanding into photomask production, aiming to achieve mass production by the fourth quarter. This move positions Nexchip as a full-service foundry, similar to TSMC and SMIC, and highlights the indigenization efforts of China-based chipmakers.